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Publishers turn backs on 'macho' heroes for new generation of male role models (Trunc)
Daily Mail ^ | April 21, 2018 | BRIDIE PEARSON-JONES

Posted on 04/21/2018 8:59:03 AM PDT by Kalamata

Publishers are moving away from 'macho' heroes in non-fiction books for boys and moving towards an 'alternative type of hero' who to those who 'checks their privilege'. It comes following impressive sales of books that empower young women, such as Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls which has sold more than a million copies worldwide. The publishers aim to move away from the 'stereotypical idea of masculinity' and action-men style heroes such as Prince Charming and will instead focus on stories of real-life heroes such as Usain Bolt and James Harrison, a blood donor"

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: books; fiction; malerolemodels; nonfiction; ya; yafiction; yalit; yaliterature; yanonfiction; youngadultbooks
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To: dainbramaged

Without a doubt the GREATEST teller of Western Tales ever to put pen to paper.
Flint
Fallon
Hondo
The Sacketts
And all the rest, I started reading them when I was about 10 or 11 years old and never quit.


81 posted on 04/22/2018 12:49:42 AM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: BradyLS

I thought “LAST OF THE BREED” was pretty damn good for having been set in the 20th century.
Never heard of a sequel, pity the poor Russkies.


82 posted on 04/22/2018 1:00:11 AM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: mewzilla

Self-publishing will address this problem.

Lack of sales will also.


83 posted on 04/22/2018 7:32:26 AM PDT by gbaker
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To: NFHale

I’d add Liberty Island Magazine to the list of conservative publications.
https://libertyislandmag.com/


84 posted on 04/23/2018 1:55:54 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

Thank you for the link. I appreciate it.


85 posted on 04/23/2018 3:08:57 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Kalamata

No one ever went broke feeding women’s vanity.


86 posted on 04/23/2018 3:11:08 PM PDT by papertyger (Bulverism: it's not just for liberals anymore.)
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To: tbw2

I came to the understanding that science fiction, as I had been reading, would be forever tainted the day that I met “the aspiring author Orson Scott Card” at a writer’s convention in Portland, Oregon in the 1990’s.


87 posted on 04/24/2018 12:20:25 PM PDT by Terry L Smith (.)
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To: 5th MEB

I considered Last of the Breed an excellent book, also.

No sequel because L’Amour died too soon.


88 posted on 04/24/2018 5:44:25 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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